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Persian Senna Malayer rug with an ivory center field and eight rows of blue and red botch. The borders alternate red and blue fields; the widest border contains suspended rosettes and leaves. The top edge of the rug has cotton fringe, while the bottom has a woven cotton band. The edges are bound in tan.
rugs
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Rug
"S.W. Phillips"
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P914
FD411
Unknown
Western Persia
2/16 x 54 9/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1037
Persia (Asia) [historical region]
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